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Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third largest in the European Union after London and Paris...
Timeline of Events
1584
9.13.1584
San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid is finished.
1605
1.16.1605
The first edition of ''El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha'' (Book One of ''Don Quixote'') by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid.
1738
4.18.1738
''Real Academia de la Historia'' ("Royal Academy of History") founded in Madrid.
1808
5.2.1808
Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
5.3.1808
Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are fired upon near Príncipe Pío hill.
1921
3.8.1921
Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
1939
3.28.1939
1973
12.20.1973
The Spanish Prime Minister, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assassinated by a car bomb attack in Madrid.
1999
12.21.1999
The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950 kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid.
2003
12.24.2003
The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosives at 3:55 p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartín Station.
2004
3.11.2004
Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain, kill 191 people.
4.2.2004
Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid. Their attack is thwarted.
2008
8.20.2008
Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. 146 people are killed in the crash, and 8 more die later. Only 18 people survive.